Skylight construction



C. YAUCH.

SKYLIGHT CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8.191s.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET C. YAUCH.,

SKYLIGHT CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION HLED JUNE 8,1918.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Smoewtoz C. YAUCH.

SKYLIGHT CONSTRUCHON.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8.1918.

1,332,280. Patented Mar.2,1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

C. YAUCH.

SKYLIGHT CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1918.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4- CHRISTIAN YAUCH, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN SKYLIGHT consrzancrrion.

Application filed June 8, 1318.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN YAUCH,

a subject of the Emperor of Germany (having taken out his first papers in the United States,) residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skylight Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a skylight construction and has for its object a skylight construction which is made up largely of members which are of stock size and'can be carried inlarge numbers in stock.

Another feature of this invention is the Way of connecting the cap plates to the astragals without the use of bolts and nuts.

A further feature is an adjustable clamp for fastening the foot ofthe astragals to the curb.

Still another feature is a spring glassretaining and packing-retaining strip of special construction,

Still another improvement is the arrangement whereby cross cleats may be supported on top of the skylight to allow a ladder to be rested thereon to wash or clean the lights. In a similar way a screen may be supported.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a cross section through the skylight.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross section through the skylight at the foot of the astragal.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross section at the ridge of the skylight.

Fig. l is a section on the line H of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail of the adjustable clip used with a curb having an angle bar.

Fig. 6 is a cross section of the skylight showing on the left the cleats for supporting a ladder and on the right a screen.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing the same features depicted in Fig. 6.

Fig 8 is a side elevation of the astragal and cap showing how they are assembled.

Fig. 9 is a cross section of the astragal and cap showing how they are assembled.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary cross section of the skylight adjacent a joint of two overlapping caps showing how the ladder-supporting cleats are fastened in place.

Fig. 11 is a view at the same place on the skylight showing how the screen-supporting posts are fastened in place.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 238,807.

ig. 12 is an enlarged detail section at the ri ge.

Fig 13 is a fragmentary elevation at the ridge.

Fig. lfi is an enlarged detail of the sky light at the foot of the astragal showing a modified form of curb and fastening clip.

Fig. 15 is a detailed section of the astnagal.

a designates the astragal of inverted T shape in cross section provided with the usual two gutters. Longitudinally this astragal is stepped at lengths substantially equal to the pane lengths. Such astragals are old in the art. The panes ofglass (or asbestos shingle, if only part of the skylight frame is to be filled with glass) are laid directly on the edges of the gutters of the astragal and the panes are spaced from the web of the astragal by the spring strips 5 which are semi-circular cross-sectionally at their bottoms and are folded back upon themselves to engage on the top of the felt packing strips 0 to hold these packing strips on the top of the glass. The packing is insorted in the spring strip as shown in Fig. 9. The strip may then be forced down between the glass and astragal slightly constricting the spring strip and forming an anti-rattling spacer. This jams the packing against the top of the glass and seals the joint. The spring strip serves as a conductor of any water that may get in and insures it being led into the gutter. These packing and glass-retaining strips may be made in standard sizes such as a standard for the panes of glass and consequently do not have to be cut for any particular job but may be taken directly out of stock to use on a job having ordinary requirements.

The same applies to the cap strips 2 which are of standard length and may be taken out of stock and fastened to the astragal in overlapped relation as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. I have found that one of the large time requiring jobs in skylight construction is inserting the bolts in the astragal and turning down the nuts on the bolts to fasten the cap strips to the astragal. I find a very much quicker and easier way of assembly is to spot-Weld to the top of the web of the astragal, a clip (Z which has a hook at its bottom adapted to receive the lower end of the cap strip a and hold it in place. The main portion of the clip must be raised so as not to lie on the top of the astragal web for obviously in order to make this assembly the cap strip just below has to be shoved under the clip above and then allowed to drop back into the throat of the hook, at least this is so where clips are spot-welded on in large numbers before the cap strips are put in place. At the foot and top of the astragal phe clip y may be fitted into a punched-in In order to be able to fasten the foot of the astragal to the curb g I use a special clip which comprises simply a plate It with a turned-up lip i and provided with a pair of bolt slots j. The bolts 20 can be passed through perforations 21 in the gutters of the astragal and into each of these slots j and then the astragal bar is longitudinally adjusted across the curb to the position desired. This clip, which engages under the angle bar of the curb g, may be tightened against the under side of the gutter, the lip in conjunction with the gutter and bolt forming sort of a wedging fastening. Where a wooden curb 22 is used, as in ig. 1%, an angle bar clip 23 with similar slots is used.

If it is desired to provide means to support a ladder to wash the skylight, this can be simply done by passing bolts is up through the cap strips, resting the head on the astragal, and bolting the cleats m across two adjoining cap strips. On these clips may be laid the plank or ladder n (Fig.

to support the persons weight while washing the lights.

In Fig. 11 there is shown a way of passing bolts 2a up through the cap strips, resting the heads on the astragals, securing them in place by the nut 0, then screwing the screen posts 1" on to the bolts. These screen posts will hold the screen p in place.

The ridge cap s (Fig. 12) may be fastened to the skylight bar caps by sheet metal screws. The ridge cap is folded back on itself at u to support a felt packing-strip 10.

hat I claim is:

1. In a skylight construction, the combination of an astragal, clips spot-welded to the astragal, and'cap plates held to the as tragal by said clips.

2. In a skylight construction, an astragal, clips provided with hooks spot-welded to the astragal at given points, and a plurality of cap plates which are assembled on to the astragal by being overlapped one upon another and having its lower end retained in the hook of the clip.

3. In a skylight construction, an astragal, clips fastened to the same, caps securable over the astragals and provided with struckin portions adapted to engage with said clips to hold the caps in place.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on the 3rd day of June, 1918'.

CHRISTIAN YAUCI-I. 

